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Life Begins at Rewirement Premieres on FUTURESTATES
May 15, 2012Directed by Trevin Matcek the film will be available to stream for free at futurestates.tv and simultaneously on pbs.org. In Life Begins at Rewirement — Simon Ender struggles with his decision to commit his elderly mother into a revolutionary nursing home alternative that has solved the rapidly growing Senior Citizen overpopulation. Learn more…
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Kony Unveiled: A Social Screening of Peace vs. Justice
May 14, 2012ITVS presents an online social screening of Klaartje Quirijns’s Peace vs. Justice on Wednesday, May 16 at 5PM PT / 8PM ET. The event will take place here. What do you really know about Joseph Kony? On Wednesday we will be hosting a live online screening and discussion of the documentary Peace vs. Justice, going beyond the slick marketing of KONY 2012 and…
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Director Sedika Mojadidi on Filming Her Father in Motherland Afghanistan
May 11, 2012One in seven Afghan women dies in childbirth. Motherland Afghanistan, airing Sunday, May 13 on Global Voices on the WORLD Channel (check listings), introduces the women behind these devastating statistics. Afghan American filmmaker Sedika Mojadidi examines her father's work as an OB/GYN as he struggles to make a difference. Beyond the Box spoke with…
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American Graduate: Let's Make It Happen Hits Denver for PBS Annual Meeting
May 11, 2012On May 17, Hill Harper, Tony Plana, and Priscilla Diaz will join CPB President and CEO Patricia Harrison at the PBS Annual Meeting in Denver for a public discussion on the nation’s dropout crisis as part of the public media initiative, American Graduate: Let’s Make it Happen, made possible by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Priscilla Star Diaz…
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The ITVS Indies Roundup
May 11, 2012A curated list of indie news and recommendations from ITVS’s Rebecca Huval. Get your creativity on! Longshot Radio and Radiolab talked about creativity, revision, and failure at the 99% Conference in New York City last week. For your listening pleasure, they compiled their editors’ picks of podcasts from the event. Behold the TV of the future: using an…